The new waves

Forget the updo, girls who like to party want their hair to move, hair genius Luigi Murenu tells Edwina Ings-Chambers

Black feather dress, £2,030, by Gucci (Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
"Oh, but it’s gorgeous! This is beautiful! This is party hair.” Such is
the proclamation from on high from head hair honcho to the stars Luigi
Murenu. But what does it mean for us? Well, it means we can all but forget
the raft of updos that we’ve been seeing on the catwalk recently. “I think
when girls dress up for a party, they tend not to put their hair up,” Murenu
says. “Party hair is something that’s fun. When women wear their hair up,
it’s much more for a formal occasion. Generally, when they go out, they want
hair that has movement.”

That’s us told, then. And Murenu is a man who knows what he’s talking about.
He’s the go-to hair guy for the likes of Frida Giannini, who trusts him with
both catwalks and campaigns for Gucci, as well as global creative consultant
for John Frieda. So, ladies,